Quotations for grace

Divine grace was never slow. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Chastity is the seal of grace. [ Lady Huntington ]

There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought, Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. [ William Cowper ]

Let grace our selfishness expel, Our earthliness refine. [ Gurney ]

Modesty is the grace of the soul. [ Delille ]

Grace is a plant, where'er it grows Of pure and heavenly root; But fairest in the youngest shows, And yields the sweetest fruit. [ William Cowper ]

When once our grace we have forgot,Nothing goes right. [ Shakespeare ]

Grace will last, beauty will blast. [ Proverb ]

Beauty and grace command the world. [ Park Benjamin ]

Grace is more beautiful than beauty. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. [ Scott ]

Natural graces, that extinguish art. [ William Shakespeare ]

She listen'd with a flitting blush.With downcast eyes, and modest grace,For well she knew I could not chooseBut gaze upon her face. [ Coleridge ]

Take time enough - all other gracesWill soon fill up their proper places. [ Byron ]

Get place and wealth, if possible, with graceIf not, by any means get wealth and place. [ Pope ]

The flush of youth soon passes from the face,The spells of fancy from the mind depart;The form may lose its symmetry, its grace.But time can claim no victory over the heart. [ Mrs. Dinnies ]

What's a fine person, or a beauteous face,Unless deportment gives them decent grace?Blessed with all other requisites to please.Some want the striking elegance of ease;The curious eye their awkward movement tires:They seem like puppets led about by wires. [ Churchill ]

Around her shoneThe nameless charms unmark'd by her alone.The light of love, the purity of grace,The mind, the music breathing from her face.The heart whose softness harmonized the whole,And, oh! that eye was in itself a soul. [ Byron ]

Leave such to trifle with more grace and ease.Whom Folly pleases, and whose Follies please. [ Pope ]

Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye,In every gesture dignity and love. [ Milton ]

Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame.The power of grace, the magic of a name. [ Campbell ]

Take heart of grace, younger you shall never be. [ Proverb ]

There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip.Nay, her foot speaks. [ William Shakespeare ]

'Tis good nature only wins the heart;It moulds the body to an easy graceAnd brightens every feature of the face;It smoothes the unpolish'd tongue with eloquenceAnd adds persuasion to the finest sense. [ Stillingfleet ]

As this auspicious day began the raceOf every virtue join'd with every grace;May you, who own them, welcome its return,Till excellence, like yours, again is born.The years we wish, will half your charms impair;The years we wish the better half will spare;The victims of your eyes will bleed no more,But all the beauties of your mind adore. [ Jeffrey ]

Little things blame not: Grace may on them wait. Cupid is little; but his godhead's great. [ Anon ]

See where she comes, apparell'd like the spring;Graces her subjects. [ Shakespeare ]

Fate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart.Each gift of nature, and each grace of art. [ Johnson ]

Delicacy is to affection what grace is to beauty. [ Mme. de Maintenon ]

No grace can save any man unless he helps himself. [ Ward Beecher ]

Birds, the free tenants of earth, air, and ocean,Their forms all symmetry, their motion grace,In plumage delicate and beautiful,Thick without burthen, close as fish's scales.Or loose as full blown poppies on the gale;With wings that seem as they'd a soul within them.They bear their owners with such sweet enchantment. [ James Montgomery ]

Grace is to the body what good sense is to the mind. [ La Roche ]

That word grace in an ungracious mouth is but profane. [ William Shakespeare ]

The grace will carry us, if we do not willfully betray our succors, victoriously through all difficulties. [ Henry Hammond ]

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. [ Bishop Hall ]

There is no such way to attain to greater measures of grace, as for a man to live up to that little grace he has. [ Thomas Brooks ]

Some people habitually wear sadness, like a garment, and think it a becoming grace. God loves a cheerful worshipper. [ Chapin ]

The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone! [ Burke ]

Conflicts bring experience; and experience brings that growth in grace which is not to be attained by any other means. [ Spurgeon ]

Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting. [ Joubert ]

Oh, fair undress, best dress! It checks no vein, but every flowing limb in pleasure drowns, and heightens ease with grace. [ Thomson ]

We see, though ordered for the best, permitted laurels grace the lawless brow, the unworthy raised, the worthy cast below. [ Dryden ]

It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most opposed to his bosom sin. [ Thomas Brooks ]

We should give as we receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. [ Seneca ]

The bride, lovely herself, and lovely by her side a bevy of bright nymphs, with sober grace came glittering like a star, and took her place. [ Dryden ]

Refinement is just as much a Christian grace in a man as in a woman; but he is not such a hateful, unsexed creature without it as a woman is. [ Charlotte M. Yonge ]

It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost! [ Bruyere ]

Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. [ Latimer ]

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature. [ Sir Joshua Reynolds ]

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful. Every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine. [ Emerson ]

A noble soul spreads even over a face in which the architectonic beauty is wanting an irresistible grace, and often even triumphs over the natural disfavor. [ Schiller ]

Grace pays its respects to true intrinsic worth, not to the mere signs and trappings of it, which often only show where it ought to be, not where it really is. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

The presence of a young girl is like the presence of a flower; the one gives its perfume to all that approach it, the other her grace to all that surround her. [ Louis Desnoyers ]

Something of the severe hath always been appertaining to order and to grace: and the beauty that is not too liberal is sought the most ardently, and loved the longest. [ Landor ]

With vivid words your just conceptions grace. Much truth compressing in a narrow space; Then many shall peruse, but few complain, And envy frown, and critics snarl in vain. [ Pindar ]

Eternal life does not depend upon our perfection; but because it does depend upon the grace of Christ and the love of the Spirit, that love shall prompt us to emulate perfection. [ William Adams ]

There is but one case wherein a man may commend himself with good grace, and that is in commending virtue in another, especially if it be such a virtue whereunto himself pretendeth. [ Bacon ]

The character of covetousness is what a man generally acquires more through some niggardliness or ill grace in little and inconsiderable things, than in expenses of any consequence. [ Pope ]

As the air and manner of a gentleman can be acquired only by living habitually in the best society, so grace in composition must be attained by an habitual acquaintance with classical writers. [ Dugald Stewart ]

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners: beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation. [ Joubert ]

Heaven is the day of which grace is the dawn; the rich, ripe fruit of which grace is the lovely flower; the inner shrine of that most glorious temple to which grace forms the approach and outer court. [ Rev. Dr. Guthrie ]

Nothing affects the heart like that which is purely from itself, and of its own nature; such as the beauty of sentiments, the grace of actions, the turn of characters, and the proportions and features of a human mind. [ Shaftesbury ]

Nature builds upon a false bottom, seeks herself what she values in others, and is oftentimes deceived and disappointed. Grace reposes her whole hope and love in God, and is never mistaken, never deluded by false expectations. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

At present, the novels which we owe to English ladies form no small part of the literary glory of our country. No class of works is more honorably distinguished for fine observation, by grace, by delicate wit, by pure moral feeling. [ Macaulay ]

Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives a confidence to his outward behavior, which of all other is the best thing to grace a man in his carriage. [ Feltham ]

In composing, think much more of your matter than your manner. To be sure, spirit, grace, and dignity of manner are of great importance, both to the speaker and writer; but of infinitely more importance is the weight and worth of matter. [ Wirt ]

Of all faults the greatest is the excess of impious terror, dishonoring divine grace. He who despairs wants love, wants faith; for faith, hope, and love are three torches which blend their light together, nor does the one shine without the other. [ Metastasio ]

Welfare requires one or two companions of intelligence, probity, and grace, to wear out life with, - persons with whom we can speak a few reasonable words every day, by whom we can measure ourselves, and who shall hold us fast to good sense and virtue. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

As the mind of Johnson was robust, but neither nimble nor graceful, so his style was void of all grace and ease, and, being the most unlike of all styles to the natural effusion of a cultivated mind, had the least pretension to the praise of eloquence. [ Sir J. Mackintosh ]

When we think of the tenderness, of the solicitude, of the protection, of the grace, of the charm, of the happiness, or at least of the consolation that woman brings to the life of man, one is tempted to speak to her only with uncovered head, and bowed knee. [ L. Desnoyers ]

If life has not made you by God's grace, through faith, holy - think you, will death without faith do it? The cold waters of that narrow stream are no purifying bath in which you may wash and be clean. No! no! as you go down into them, you will come up from them. [ Alexander Maclaren ]

Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in the last, ever kept visibly distinct, while in the first it escapes from sight amid the shows of color and the curves of grace. [ Bulwer-Lytton ]

Nature, when she amused herself by giving stiff manners to old maids, put virtue in a very bad light. A woman must have been a mother to preserve under the chilling influences of time that grace of manner and sweetness of temper, which prompt us to say, One sees that love has dwelt there. [ Lemontey ]

The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete. [ Goethe ]

The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterised by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naïveté. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

The joy resulting from the diffusion of blessings to all around us is the purest and sublimest that can ever enter the human mind, and can be conceived only by those who have experienced it. Next to the consolations of divine grace, it is the most sovereign balm to the miseries of life, both in him who is the object of it, and in him who exercises it. [ Bishop Porteus ]

A sense of humor is a saving grace, and happy is that woman who has been blessed by birth with that rare sixth sense of seeing the funny side. If you have it naturally, be gladly grateful, for it is a greater gift than beauty or riches. It means cheerfulness, contentment, courage and, possessing it, you are equipped with a potent weapon against the blows of fate. [ Unknown ]

Posture or Attitude? Each of these words has its appropriate place, and one should not be misapplied for the other. Posture is the mode of placing the body, and may be either natural or assumed. Attitude is always assumed, and is intended to display some grace of the body, or some affection or purpose of the mind. Postures, when natural, accommodate themselves to the convenience of the body; when assumed they may be either serious or ridiculous. [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

The grandest operations, both in nature and in grace, are the most silent and imperceptible. The shallow brook babbles in its passage, and is heard by every one; but the coming on of the seasons is silent and unseen. The storm rages and alarms, but its fury is soon exhausted, and its effects are partial and soon remedied; but the dew, though gentle and unheard, is immense in quantity, and the very life of large portions of the earth. And these are pictures of the operations of grace in the church and in the soul. [ Cecil ]

He must have an artist's eye for color and form who can arrange a hundred flowers as tastefully, in any other way, as by strolling through a garden, and picking here one and there one, and adding them to the bouquet in the accidental order in which they chance to come. Thus we see every summer day the fair lady coming in from the breezy side hill with gorgeous colors and most witching effects. If only she could be changed to alabaster, was ever a finer show of flowers in so fine a vase? But instead of allowing the flowers to remain as they were gathered, they are laid upon the table, divided, rearranged on some principle of taste, I know not what, but never again have that charming naturalness and grace which they first had. [ Beecher ]

Link To This Page

If you have a website and feel that a link to this page would fit in nicely with the content of your pages, please feel free to link to this page. Copy and paste the following html into your webpage. (You may modify the link text to suit your needs).

This site uses cookies to deliver our services and to show you relevant ads. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. You can manage your privacy settings on the policy pages. Your use of services at Litscape.com is subject to these policies and terms of service.